Mobile Lab

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We have received funding from the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO) to set up a Mobile Lab for physiological measurement, and other applications. Social scientists are increasingly using the lab to conduct research. However, it is hard and costly to get people to come to the lab. The Mobile Lab allows researchers to conduct laboratory studies at any given location in the Netherlands.

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For three days the Hot Politics Lab measured physiological responses to political propaganda at the Netherlands’ largest music festival – Lowlands.

The lab was situated in the Lowlands Science area, a small village in which several research groups conducted research. In our experiment, we exposed people to brief videos that advertised a specific position on themes such as immigration, inequality, the environment and the political establishment. During the experiment we measured heartbeat, skin conductance and facial electromyography.

NWO.NL | 7 March 2018

NWO Investing in Research Infrastructure

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded one project in the field of Social and Behavioural Sciences under the programme Investment Grant NWO Medium. Many researchers depend on large devices for their work. Through Investment Grants NWO Medium, NWO funds facilities that are often too expensive for individual groups.

The proposals were assessed by scientists both in the Netherlands and abroad. One proposal was eventually awarded by the Board of NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities.

With Investment Grants NWO Medium, NWO aims to stimulate and support investment in research infrastructure. NWO contributes up to 75 percent of the costs of an investment. The institution at which the research is carried out contributes a minimum of 25 percent. The NWO contributions range from 110,000 euros to 1.5 million euros.

Identical to the last round, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) was only accepting applications for equipment, not for data collections as in the years before.

The project awarded:

The Mobile Lab: Laboratory Research Moves into the FieldDr. B. N. (Bert) Bakker, m, 27-09-1985, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research

Social scientists are increasingly using the lab to conduct research. However, it is hard and costly to get people to come to the lab. The Mobile Lab allows researchers to conduct laboratory studies at any given location in the Netherlands.